Improvement in feed-cooker and steam-washer



, J. K. PURINTON. Feed-Cooker and Steam-Washer.

No. 209,134. Patented oef. 22 187s.

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J UDSON K. PURINTON, OF DALLAS CENTRE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-COOKER'AND STEAM-WASHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,134, dated October22, 1878; application iilcd i March 27, 1878.

To all whom it 'muy concern.-

-Be it known that I, J UnsoN K. PURINTON, of Dallas Centre, in thecounty of Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented a Combined Feed-Cookerand Steam-lVasher, of which the following is a specication:

My invention relates to that class of portable steam-generators in whichthe furnace is inclosed in a case in such a manner that the water in thecase or boiler will surround the furnace-wall and be in direct contactwith the heating-surface of the furnace.

My object is to adapt a combined furnace and boiler to cook feed and towash clothing; and my improvement consists in placing the furnace in anupright position against the inside of the case and fixing a partitionthrough the vertical center of the case in such a way that a smallquantity of water can be readily confined around the heating -surface ofthe furnace to produce steam quickly when desired and circulate waterand steam through the large chamber of the case to cook feed and washclothing, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 of my drawing is a central elevation of my apparatus. Fig. 2 isa transverse view through the line a: of Fig. 1. Together they fullyillustrate the construction and operation of my invention.

a a represent a cylindrical case, preferably` made of galvanizedsheet-iron, and its seams riveted in the manner of making steam-boilers.1t may vary in dimensions, as desired. It has a tight bottom, b. c is anupright partition rigidly fixed across the center of the case a a. No. 1is a port in the lower portion of the partition c. No. 2 is a-corresponding port in the upper portion of the same partition. Theseports may be opened and closed at pleasure by means of plugs or caps, orin any suitable way. cl is a passage-way in the lower portion of thecase a a, through which cooked feed may be withdrawn when desired. It isprovided with a removable watertight cover. f represents a removablesteam-tight cover on the top of the same chamber, through which feed isintroduced. g g is a removable perforated bottom, placed in the samechamber to keep clothing elevated, so that steam and water can circulatethrough the clothing and chamber when required. For convenience inremoving the bottom, it is divided into segments, and each segment isprovided with suitable legs to support it in an elevated position. h hrepresent the wallof the furnace, made of plate-iron. m is a dooropening into the ashpit. n represents a grate supported above theash-pit. furnace, through which fuel is placed upon the grate n. s is asmoke-liuc on the top of the furnace. t represents a faucet, throughwhich hot water may be drawn 0E from the waterchamber surroundingthegfurnace. lw represents an eduction-port, through which steam may bedrawn off to be utilized in steaming feed in separate Vessels, or forany purpose desired. A corresponding faucet and steamport may beconnected with the large chamber, designed to contain feed or clothing.Y

In thepractical operation of my invention, when I desire to generatesteam very quickly for any purpose whatever, I close the ports Nos. 1and 2 in the partition o and conne a comparatively small quantity ofwater in the space that surrounds the furnace, and then start a fire onthe furnace-grate n and give it a good draft through the door m. A quickfire will rapidly heat the furnace-wall and the water enveloping thesame wall, and closely confined thereto by means of the partition c,will rapidly heat the confined water and generate steam in the shortspace of seven minutes. By opening the port No. 2, I can steamvegetable's, clothing, or any articles that can be placed in the largechamber thus connected with the chamber surrounding the furnace.

When I desire to heat a large quantity of water, I open both the No. 1and No. 2 ports to connect the two chambers, and to allow the water andsteam to equalize in thetwo chambers.

To cook ground feed, I close the No. 1 port, remove the bottom g y, andplace the feed in the large chamber.

To wash olothing,Treplace the bottom g g,

vopen both ports, Nos. 1 and 2, and lay the articles to be washed uponthe perforated and elevated bottom. When the water begins to boil in thechamber surrounding the furnace it will rise therein, and, together.with a current of steam, will pass through the No. 2 port, and thesteam will condense therein and fr is a hinged cover on the top of thefall with the Water to percolate through the clothing. A continuouscirculation of Water is thus produced to dissolve, loosen, and carr)roi' the dirt contained on the clothing. A large mass of clothing may bethus readily subjected to the action of steam and hot water, and veryquickly washed Wit-hout rubbing.

I claim- 1. In a cooking and Washing apparatus,the cylindrical case a a,having the openings d and f, the fixed central upright partition c,having the ports Nos. l and 2, and the iixed furnace 7L fm a o s, allarranged and combined, substantially as shown and described, to adaptthe device to be operated either for cooking JUDsoN K; PUEINTON.

Witnesses:

J. E. SNYDER, O. N. STEELE, JED. BRocKWAY.

